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- Holidays or holiday? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
At one time the only 'holiday' that ordinary people had were days such as Christmas, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Whit Monday etc These were Holy Days - holidays When workers won the right to annual leave entitlement, they began talking about their 'holidays' since there was more than one day of holiday involved
- What does run of house mean with regard to hotel room type
I have seen a room type at a hotel like below; Family Room 2 Bedrooms amp; Living Room Run of The House Everything is OK except the Run of The House thing What does it exactly mean here? AFAIK,
- word choice - How should we use next, this or last to refer to . . .
It is very difficult to be unambiguous with only the word next If, on a Friday or Saturday, I say "Next Wednesday", most Brits will assume I mean the very next Wednesday, less than 7 days away
- Next Monday or on next Monday? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Both "next Monday" and "on next Monday" can be used, but they have slightly different connotations Next Monday: This phrase is commonly used and means the Monday that follows the current week
- How to correctly apply in which, of which, at which, to which . . .
How does one correctly apply “in which”, “of which”, “at which”, “to which”, etc ? I'm confused with which one to apply when constructing sentences around these
- Is it “in” or “on the holidays”? - English Language Usage . . .
Holiday breaks usually consist of more than one day, so when you refer to Christmas you are thinking about Christmas eve, Christmas day and Boxing day (also called ‘St Stephen's Day’) The Easter holiday is usually made up of two days; Easter Sunday and Easter Monday N B Good Friday is not a public holiday in Italy but it is in the UK
- Is there a word used to describe a weekend plus a one-day holiday?
a weekend that is preceded or followed by a holiday This is my go-to phrase in situations like you describe, since it doesn't assume that the other person actually gets the holiday off from work (I don't get MLK Day off, for example; rather, my employer offers events at work celebrating MLK, Jr 's legacy) So you could say something like:
- word choice - On the last week or In the last week? - English . . .
I'm planning a trip My plane lands on the 29th of August Should I say: I'll arrive on the last week of August or I'll arrive in the last week of August
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